Sian Phillips (musician)

For the actress from Wales, see Siân Phillips. For the actress from Lichfield, see Sian Brooke.

Siân Phillips is a Welsh fiddle player specialising in Welsh folk and fiddle music.[1]

Born in South Wales and raised primarily in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, she gained her knowledge of Welsh folk music from playing with several folk dance groups.[2][3] She has been a member of the following folk and Celtic bands: Bysedd Main, Constitution Hillbillies, Cromlech, Ysbryd, Wild Welsh Women, Celtish, and the Rowdies[4] and guested with many more. She organized an annual music festival, the Fiddle Festival of Wales.[5][6][7] Siân currently has her own business ‘Fiddler’s Elbow Grease‘ making balms from hemp, in North Oxfordshire and retired as a performing musician in 2017 due to fibromyalgia.

Publications

Phillips has arranged and edited a book of Welsh Fiddle Tunes, published by Schott Music Publishers under their Schott World Music Series, which was released in April 2013.[8][9]

Discography

Albums include:

  • Gramundus, Fflach Tradd CD218[10]
  • Jac to Bach, Speedy Kat; SPDKCD01[11][12]
  • "Centrifusion" (band: Celtish)[13]

References

  1. ^ "Welsh Fiddle". Fiddlingaround.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Fiddler Sian Phillips at Chandler". Ourherald.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Virtuoso Welsh fiddler Siân Phillips to perform at Green Mountain College". The Mountain Times. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. ^ Obituaries: Rory Furlong. Folkways Magazine, June 2012.
  5. ^ "Annual Welsh Celtic Fiddle contest to continue at Stackpole Centre". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. ^ "The traditional music of Wales". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. ^ "FIDDLE FESTIVAL OF WALES GOES INTERNATIONAL". Irish Music Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Welsh Fiddle Tunes: Review" Morris Federation Newsletter
  9. ^ "Welsh Fiddle Tunes (Sheet Music/CD) 97 Traditional Pieces for Violin". Presto Classical. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. ^ "SIAN PHILLIPS "Gramundus"". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ^ Siân Phillips and Danny Kilbride / RootsWorld Recording Review
  12. ^ "Siân Phillips & Danny Kilbride "Jac tô Bach". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Celtish Centrifusion" FolkWorld CD Reviews